POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist men's basketball team set to play against the Fairfield Stags, Sunday afternoon. Tip-off is set for 2 p.m. at the McCann Arena for another Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference matchup.
 
 

Follow Along

• Dean Darling (play-by-play) and Steve Eggink (analyst) will have the call on ESPN3.
• Follow @MaristMBB for in-game Twitter updates.

 

Vs Fairfield

• Fairfield holds the advantage in the all-time series against Marist, 39-27.
• The Red Foxes and Stags met up the first week of January, with a score 60-51 in favor of Marist.
• The last five games between the teams have gone back and forth with results. The last streak in the series was held by Fairfield with a four-game win streak.
• In the last game against the teams, Marist held Fairfield to 17-for-60 (.283) from the field and 6-for-31 (.194) from three.
• The Red Foxes outrebounded the Stags by one (41-40), had one more assist (9-8) and tied the turnover battle (12-12).
• Marist had four players in double-digits scoring, Ricardo Wright (17), Braden Bell (14), Samkelo Cele (12), and Jordan Jones (10).
• The Red Foxes largest lead of the game was 19 at the 5:47 minute mark of the second half.

 

Last Time Out

• Marist finished shooting 26-for 54 (48%) from the field and 10-for-23 (44%) from three.
• Monmouth shot 16-for-56 (29%) from the field and 2-for-20 (10%) from the arc.
• Four players on Marist scored in double digits, Jao Ituka (28), Ricardo Wright (24), Samkelo Cele (13) and Javon Cooley (10)
• Jao shot 7-for-11 from the field, 2-for-2 from three and 12-for-15 from the free throw line.
• Monmouth had one player in double digits, Shaver Reynolds (10). The Red Foxes held the Hawks to their season low in points (46).

 

Trends & Notes

• In the last three games, Marist has averaged 73 points per game, and their opponents averaged 64.7 points per game.
• Against the last three opponents, The Red Foxes shot .435 (28-of-76) percent compared to their opponents .411 (67-of-168) percent.
• The 36-point margin of victory is Marist's most since the program won by 38 against VMI on Feb. 23, 2013.
• The margin of victory is also the program's largest in 25 years in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference play eclipsing a 35-point victory on Feb. 3, 2002, against Loyola (85-50).
• Against Monmouth and Siena, Ituka averaged 24 points and six rebounds per game.

 
 

Up Next

• The Red Foxes remain home for another MAAC game against Saint Peter's, Wednesday, January 26^th.
• Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.